Illinois
Data centers in Jackson County
We track 1 project inside Jackson County and 0 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.
In Jackson County
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Grand Tower
The owners of the former Grand Tower power plant site in southern Illinois's Jackson County have said they want to upgrade the site to support future industrial development, including possible large scale data centers. A May 2026 community forum in nearby Carbondale drew more than 100 residents to hear about potential impacts; organizers cautioned that a data center at the site remains speculative with no formal proposal filed yet.
Power bills in Jackson County
CRGA is a broad clean energy and affordability law, not a data center bill, and it is the main reason state officials point to when asked what Illinois has done so far to control electricity costs statewide.
The Illinois General Assembly passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act on October 30, 2025, and Governor JB Pritzker signed it into law on January 8, 2026, with most provisions effective June 1, 2026. The Illinois Power Agency projects it will save Illinois energy customers 13.4 billion dollars over the next two decades through clean energy procurement and grid reforms. The law does not include specific data center rules; a separate proposal aimed at data centers, the POWER Act, did not pass in the spring 2026 session, leaving data center specific cost protections to ICC dockets and local ordinances instead.
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